We know generally outdoor activities keeps us active and therefore can help with physical health, but can they actually improve mental wellbeing?
Outdoor home works have long been used as sanctuaries to escape from the stresses of life. Lowering stress-hormones and providing us with a sense of reward, are just two of the ways they can be good for our mental well-being. It is well known to help people with mental health problems by inducing them to get involved with some handy works.
Here we encourage to do two outdoor activities in your garden which you have not experienced before. They will save you money and enhance the efficiency of the use of precious resources like electricity or clean water.
The first project is to convert your sprinkler system in the garden to a drip irrigation system. It will save you a lot of water.
The second project is to convert your old garden lighting system to a LED lighting system, or simply to install a LED garden lighting system. It will save a lot of electricity.
Doing LED Lighting or Drip Irrigation, you will learn a lot of interesting new techniques in modern gardening. It will save a lot of electric energy and a lot of water. To carry out the projects, it will certainly enhance your physical fitness and it will sharpen your thinking process.
If this is the first time you give such a try, you would like to turn it on gradually. Plan ahead and each time work on it for one or two hours. When you get tired either physically or mentally, just stop the work and relax. However, don’t give up and continue it next time. This will also build up your capability of endurance in life,
You are learning new concepts and new skills. After a while, this will develop into a new character for you. You will become innovative in more and more things in your life. Your ability to deal with new challenges will grow stronger and stronger. This new character of endurance and adaptiveness is very important in these days of rapid changes and storms. Man! We are in a changing world!
If possible, you can work on the projects with your family members together, helping them to grow this new character of endurance and adaptiveness. You will complement each other and enrich the relationship. While the news of the day may sound even catastrophic, you know you are making constant progress in your life. Your mental life is compact and ready. There will be a sense of reward and family serenity.